ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Papua New Guinea, 1991–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 No per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea stood at 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 84.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre, in 1991.
That places Papua New Guinea 96th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 No per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | — |
| 1992 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0014 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0015 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0016 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0018 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0022 1000 No per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 1000 No per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0027 1000 No per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0009 1000 No per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.001 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0017 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0025 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 93 Kuwait 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 94 Colombia 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 95 Tunisia 0.003 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 97 Italy 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 98 Switzerland 0.0028 1000 No per square kilometre compare
- 99 Eswatini 0.0024 1000 No per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Papua New Guinea was 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 96th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.